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I'm interested in trying out this Xbox to Windows 10 streaming thing. Right now my setup is that my Xbox is on its own powerline ethernet switch, as is my PC, and the router is on a 3rd one. The network is fast enough for Plex, but I hear you have to have a very hefty network for game streaming, and I don't want to jump to Windows 10 just yet, so I can't just test it myself.
The distance between my Xbox and my PC mean that it's just about doable to run an ethernet cable from both of them to a switch, then run that into a powerline adapter, to the router. If I do this will the network traffic still have to go via the router, or will a switch be smart enough to route directly from the PC to the Xbox and vice versa?
Are there any potential downsides to doing this, besides the small expense of the cable?
Thanks, that pretty much solves everything, but what do you mean by powerline being half duplex? I wasn't aware that was the case, and my PC reports the network running at gigabit full duplex. My powerline network is AV1000 standard if that matters – Gunrun247 – 2015-07-29T16:09:10.603
@Gunrun247: Half duplex means a device can only transmit or receive but cannot do both at the same time. In fact not only is it half duplex but it's also a single collision domain. Ultimately you just have to understand it functions pretty much like WiFi. It doesn't matter what your PC reports its connection to the powerline as, it's the connection between the powerline adapters that's half duplex. – qasdfdsaq – 2015-07-30T08:56:03.837